Greensboro Middle Schoolers' Exclusive Interview

Friday

Oct 30, 2009 at 5:37 PM

Enrichment students at Greensboro Middle School got an opportunity Friday morning that many journalists would salivate to get: an hour long question and answer session with soldiers currently serving in Iraq. The best part is that nothing was off limits. The middle schoolers spent the morning asking soldiers about what they missed the most about home, whether they were afraid while in Iraq, and why they joined the military in the first place.

It was all made possible by a video conferencing system paid for by the Freedom Calls Foundation, a public charity which enables state of the art communication to 60,000 deployed troops in Iraq. Greensboro Middle School's Enrichment and Technology teacher, Tonya Petty says she saw the video conferencing system used at a workshop, and she thought it would be a fantastic opportunity for her students to learn about the war and what's going on in our country from the soliders, themselves.

Students say they were surprised to hear that even though it was morning in the United States, the soldiers were getting ready for dinner. They also said they were surprised the soldiers seemed relaxed and joked around. The luxury thing the soldiers said they missed the most: chocolate.

Kim Garner

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